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Friday, June 3, 2016

72 New Emoji Heading To Android Later This Year

It was back in January we took a look at the 74 candidates for new emoji that could be included in the upcoming Unicode 9.0 release. Although we had a feeling most would be added, nothing was finalized… until now.Every so often, the folks at the Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meet and decide the fate of emoji that will eventually make it to our devices. It was back in January we took a look at the 74 candidates for new emoji that could be included in the upcoming Unicode 9.0 release.

At the 2016Q2 UTC meeting, the committee approved of 72 new emoji that will eventually make their way to Android and iOS later this year. Among them, a few of our favorites include rolling on the floor laughing, face palm, selfie, a gorilla (RIP Harambe), avocado, Chinese takeout, and tons more.Here’s the full list (blank boxes will show emoji only if your device supports them):

Rolling On The Floor Laughing

Face With Cowboy Hat

Clown Face

Lying Face

Drooling Face

Nauseated Face

Sneezing Face

Prince

Mother Christmas

Man In Tuxedo

Shrug

Face Palm

Pregnant Woman

Man Dancing

Selfie

Hand With Index And Middle Fingers Crossed

Call Me Hand

Left-Facing Fist

Right-Facing Fist

Raised Back Of Hand

Handshake

Black Heart

Gorilla

Fox Face

Deer

Rhinoceros

Bat

Eagle

Duck

Owl

Lizard

Shark

Shrimp

Squid

Butterfly

Wilted Flower

Kiwifruit

Avocado

Potato

Carrot

Cucumber

Peanuts

Croissant

Baguette Bread

Pancakes

Bacon

Stuffed Flatbread

Egg

Shallow Pan Of Food

Green Salad

Glass of Milk

Clinking Glasses

Tumbler Glass

Spoon

Octagonal Sign

Scooter

Motor Scooter

Canoe

First Place Medal

Second Place Medal

Third Place Medal

Boxing Glove

Martial Arts Uniform

Person Doing Cartwheel

Wrestlers

Water Polo

Handball

Fencer

Goal Net

Juggling

Drum With Drumsticks

Shopping Trolley

So when can you see these new emoji hit your device? Well, that’s a little tough to answer. Android N is already ahead of the ball (having supported Unicode 9.0 emoji before it was even finalized). While Nexus devices will officially receive the final version of Android N this Fall — complete with all the new Unicode 9.0 emoji — you’ll have to wait for various manufacturers to bake the new emoji into their software via a software update, something that could take a considerable amount of time. But there are workarounds…Even if the emoji aren’t yet supported on a system level for whatever device you have, apps like Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp still have the ability to add these new emoji in a quick update, but they’d stuck inside those specific apps. Of course, this is generally where you’d be using emoji in the first place, so it’s nice.The benefit of system wide support of new emoji is they’ll be accessible everywhere on your phone, regardless of the app you’re using. This ensures you never have to see the dreaded black box when receiving an unsupported emoji, and you can use them in contact names, creating folders, or anywhere else on the phone.Last month, Google proposed adding 13 new emoji to better highlight diversity by using female versions of popular careers. Those won’t be coming in the new Unicode 9.0 emoji, but it’s possible we could see them added in the future (Facebook actually added these in their big Messenger emoji update).Source : Unicode.Org | Emojipedia